Explore this Resource List to see resources related to CWVE 2021 Session 3A, Co-Creating Equitable Child Welfare Policies and Practice.

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 3B webinar, Culturally Responsive Engagement and Partnership.

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 4 webinar, Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace. 

Use this discussion guide with the CWVE 2022 videos to view a description of each topic, access individual reflection questions to facilitate personal, on-demand learning, and explore conversation starters and team activities with child welfare staff and collaborative partners.   

Hear a summary of the CWVE 2023 sessions and a motivational message for improving child welfare workforce recruitment, retention, and well-being.

Join the Capacity Building Center for States and the Children’s Bureau at the 2023 Child Welfare Virtual Expo (CWVE), Recruit, Retain, and Support: Strategies for Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce! 

This year’s CWVE will present jurisdictional strategies to recruit and retain child welfare professionals, as well as programs and emerging practices to strengthen and support a diverse workforce.  

Use this discussion guide with CWVE 2023 videos to explore topics on workforce recruitment and retention, as well as access individual reflection exercises, discussion prompts, and team activities.

Explore this guide to learn more about the CWVE 2023 conference platform and its features.

Join the Capacity Building Center for States and the Children’s Bureau at the 2024 Child Welfare Virtual Expo (CWVE), Leading From Where You Are.

Over the course of 2 half-days on Wednesday and Thursday, May 22–23, 2024, join us to learn more about transformational leadership and how everyone can inspire positive change in child welfare. 

Explore this guide to learn more about the CWVE 2024 conference platform and its features. 

Listen to child welfare agency leaders in the District of Columbia talk about how they work with partners to use their different data lenses to understand the needs of families and to structure a set of services to best meet the full spectrum of needs. In Kentucky, child welfare agency leaders describe the process of finding the story behind the numbers to transform their system.

Highlights the advocacy work of state and regional youth leadership councils. Two paid regional and state youth specialists and the Texas Director for Transitional Living Services describe how including youth voice by providing them a “seat at the table” at the state capital enhances the child welfare system. All three discuss the rewards and personal impact of their work.

This video is a part of the Empowering Caregivers, Strengthening Families Video Series. It demonstrates key aspects of agency support to caregivers, including the importance of quality personal contact, training, and resources to empower caregivers through the process of moving from foster parenting to adoption.

Get the latest research on decision science and safety decision-making practices in child welfare to help improved safety outcomes.

Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.